AGREEMENT

AGREEMENT . . . SINGLE DOCUMENT OR SEPARATE POLICY STATEMENT

Department of Justice, Immigration and Naturalization Service, Washington, D.C. and National Border Patrol Council, American Federation of Government Employees, AFL-CIO, Case No. 01 FSIP 81, August 9, 2001 (Release No. 442).

The UNION proposed that "‘[a]ll matters relating to the canine unit will be placed in the document entitled U.S. Border Patrol Canine Unit Policy and Procedures,' which, like an MOU, is a negotiated agreement signed by the parties."

The AGENCY proposed that certain sections of the parties agreement be placed in a separate document.

The PANEL ordered the parties to adopt the UNION's proposal.

AGREEMENT . . . REOPENER

Department of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Washington, D.C. and Local No. 12, American Federation of Government Employees, AFL-CIO, Case Nos. 01 FSIP 3, 13, and 14, December 26, 2001 (Release No. 445).

The UNION proposed the following:

Either party may reopen this Memorandum of Understanding to bargain the size of workstations, within 30 calendar days of the decision, if Arbitrator Hockenberry interprets the controlling CBA to require bargaining over the size of workstations in the grievance invoked to arbitration on August 9, 2001 (L12-ARB-01015 and DOL ARB # OASAM-01-29).

The AGENCY believed the Panel should decline jurisdiction and did not offer a counterproposal.

The PANEL ordered the parties to adopt the UNION's proposal.